Highly recommended!

Perfect school trip for School children. We had a fantastic time and learnt a lot about the rainforest animals, plants and their adaptation to their habitat. Highly recommended! From TripAdvisor

Love it here

We have visited several times and find it a fascinating place to visit. There's lots to see and do, especially for children. I particularly love the sloth. Was great watching her at feed time interacting with her patient team worker. Great to see the snakes and the learning session for kids is brilliant. From TripAdvisor

Great value

I came here with my daughter and grandchildren during the school summer holidays. Totally enjoyed our day, and came back again. It's fab that when you buy a ticket, it's valid for a whole year so can come back numerous times. The grandchildren were in awe of the sloth!!! Will definitely go back again, and again!!! From TripAdvisor

Good learning place for young children

Went with granddaughter, she loved it. There was a lot to see and do. There are quiz, colouring, dot to dot, find plants and animals and other pages of fun for the kids to do. As you walk around the massive greenhouses seeing lots of different types of plants and trees, you come across birds and animals, some in tanks and glass enclosures, some are wandering around with the visitors. There are frogs, lizard, snakes, fish and more. From TripAdvisor

Something for Everyone

I have visited this site a few times as an educator and the children always got a lot out of the visits. However, this was my first time as a visitor with time and focus on my own interests and we brought along friends to share the experience. What a fabulous place!!!! There were several (well-behaved) school parties sharing the day but there was plenty of room to move around and enjoy the space. It is wheelchair and buggy- friendly and there is a great backdrop of sound, with chirruping frogs and bird calls. The staff are a mixture of paid employees and volunteers and all were hard at work maintaining the flora and fauna but were never too busy to share information and welcome questions. There are amazing animals to see and clear fact cards placed around the areas to inform about both plants and animals. (We were stunned to see the Caiman and tickled to know its name was Chewy.)
After exploring, there are hand-washing facilities and a café before visiting the gift shop, which is stocked with sustainable gifts . Loved it! We shall return.... From TripAdvisor

Nice time with our grandchildren at The living rainforest

We came here with three of our grandchildren after not coming here for quite a few years and we were glad we did come again . Our Grandchildren enjoyed seeing all the different plants and animals and wanted to go back round another time in case they miss anything they all want to come here again in the summer to see what some of the plants are like then. They also like the idea that you could sit outside in there garden and playarea area to have food and drink plus play and go back round the living rainforest after that again . They like the shop too From TripAdvisor

Unexpected

Well the title of the review is unexpected because I had no idea what I was heading into. It turned out to be what can best be described as odd. Not bad odd but different odd.
At first I thought it was a tiny place that couldn't possibly take more than 20 minutes to go round. In reality we were there for 2 hours and had to leave because we had to head off home.
The thing that struck me was the way they'd managed to squeeze so much interest into a wonderfully tranquil place. There were strange plants that amazed us, interesting frogs, birds a sloth and even an armadillo.
If you get the chance I'd recommend you went but left yourself with plenty of time. From TripAdvisor

Lovely place to visit for a few hours

My 3 year old daughter had a lovely time exploring.

She was absolutely fascinated by everything there and was asking so many questions about everything. We were very lucky to meet a member of staff called Ria who could answer all of her questions and showed her how the fish, stingray and turtles were fed.

Her favourite part was seeing a Toucan, Armadillo, Sloth, Caiman and all the other amazing animals they have there. She fell in love with the free roaming birds especially a beautiful yellow-knobbed Curassow bird called Luigi. She thought he was hilarious as he was running around and showing off.

We were there for around 1 hour 30 minutes as she was loving going round several times seeing the animals several times and finding the reindeer for the xmas trail.

All the staff we met were very friendly and knowledgeable. There is a small play park but unfortunately she was quite small for a lot of it.

Would recommend for a visit if you are in the area or if you just want to get out for a few hours. From TripAdvisor

Perfect for kids between 1-5 keeps them entertained on a Rainy day! Plus nice park and café Rachelle - Get Your Guide

Great visit to the Living Rainforest near Newbury (not that far from Reading either). Loved all the wild animals just wondering around. Special favourite was all the colourful birds that just appear and disappear in the undergrowth.
Obviously no dogs allowed.
Highly recommend Nick Abbott - Google Review

We visited again today after a long time (I used to bring the kids when they were young and my middle son wanted to return years later being an animal lover!). It's always an interesting visit here and so much to see. You have to keep an eye out for the birds around your feet or amongst the trees on the floor and all around (some funny sounds they make!) The little frogs that are chirping are just so cute but you need to look out for them! The sloth was sleeping in the heights quite happily, we could just see where he was. The tortoises were entertaining as they chased each other. Always enjoy a visit here as different every time. Kids love it, with the interactive educational section and small gift shop also. A definite visit if you want something different! Jessica Nod - Google Review

Great place. Not too crowded. Well managed. Advance tickets on website. Come with ample time. Each exhibit warrants a halt. Birds on forest floor and sloth wandering about in the open make it an interesting experience. Decent gift shop and café. Interesting for all ages. Amarinder Singh Brar - Google Review